James Lorinz
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James Lorinz (born May 22, 1964) is an American writer/director/actor whose most famous roles include Street Trash, Frankenhooker and The Jerky Boys. He has also had smaller parts in Last Exit to Brooklyn, Robocop 3 and King of New York.
Lorinz was born in Flushing, Queens, close to Shea Stadium and the 1968 World's Fair Grounds. Lorinz worked as a dispatcher at his father's short-lived car service company while a student at School of Visual Arts in New York City.
While still a film student and aspiring writer, James became close friends with author Pete Hamill.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.077 |
| Birthday | 1964-05-22 |
| Place of Birth | New York, New York |
| Also Known As |
1993
RoboCop 3
4.838/1305
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortuna...
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RoboCop 3
1987
Street Trash
6.134/309
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet wh...
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Street Trash
1990
Frankenhooker
6.2/326
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to sa...
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Frankenhooker
1998
The Last Big Thing
5.3/9
From a bland tract house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Simon Geist (with occasional help from his platonic girlfriend Darla) wages war against all...
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The Last Big Thing
1994
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
4.4/10
A struggling writer takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination....
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Who Do I Gotta Kill?
2024
Love Bomb
3.6/5
A mysterious dating app designed for one night stands brings three strangers together with deadly consequences.
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Love Bomb
2022
The Overnight
4.4/8
After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and as bait for a...
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The Overnight
1989
Punch the Clock
5/1
She's a world class car thief. He's a bail interviewer. When they met, danger fired their passion. When they fell in love it was a matter of life and...
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Punch the Clock
2015
Bridge of Spies
7.235/6882
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison,...
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Bridge of Spies
2012
Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
9.5/2
Director Frank Henenlotter, actor James Lorinz and special effects wizard Gabe Bartalos speak about the making of the cult classic Frankenhooker. Rele...
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Your Date's on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker
1989
Swirlee
6/2
Tells the story of Mr. Softee, a mutant hybrid with an ice cream cone for a head, who was the victim of the anti-miscarriage drug "Nodroppinum" which...
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Swirlee
1995
The Jerky Boys
4.3/31
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in...
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The Jerky Boys
2000
Red Lipstick
1/1
Incorporating the manic approach of The Monkees and the camp aesthetic of the 60s Batman TV series, this heist movie in drag is a laugh-riot from wigs...
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Red Lipstick
1990
King of New York
6.721/691
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and...
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King of New York
2016
The Transfiguration
6/130
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's f...
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The Transfiguration
1989
Last Exit to Brooklyn
6.476/103
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
2019
The Irishman
7.595/6947
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank...
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The Irishman
1993
Mr. Wonderful
5.756/43
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...
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Mr. Wonderful
2003
The Sweet Life
0/0
Sensitive but unsuccessful New York magazine columnist Michael (James Lorinz King of New York, Frankenhooker) looks on with hopeless envy as his self-...
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